History of Saint-Jérôme · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers list 7 historic places in Saint-Jérôme, one at the top
The record has 5 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme, begun in 1874, is the oldest by its record. Saint-Jérôme has 0.8 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 78% of Canadian towns.
The set opens with “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec” and Chapelle du cimetière de Saint-Jérôme. Of the places on Saint-Jérôme’s registers, 3 have a photo here. Go back furthest in Saint-Jérôme with Chapelle du cimetière de Saint-Jérôme: 1887.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
How it began
The record of Saint-Jérôme, from 1834 on
In 1876 the railway came to Saint-Jérôme. On Wikidata the municipality of Saint-Jérôme dates to November 15, 1834, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsOther federal designationsProvincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 7, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Other federal designations5 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Saint-Jérôme with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
43% of Saint-Jérôme’s historic places are churches and religious buildings
The list spans 4 kinds of place. Next come public buildings: 2. Leading by designation: Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art and “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec”.
Churches and religious buildings3
Public buildings2
Stations, lighthouses and bridges1
Houses1
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Saint-Jérôme: 5 places
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1874 (Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme) to 1897. Each one opens its own page.
For Saint-Jérôme, most dated places belong to the decades after Confederation
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19136
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0
Homes by age
9.3% of Saint-Jérôme’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Saint-Jérôme’s housing predates 2001. Only 13% of Saint-Jérôme’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Saint-Jérôme were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 28% of today’s homes.
13%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
26%
2001–15
9.3%
2016–21
Saint-JérômeTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Born in Saint-Jérôme, 1839 to 1908
Of the 17, 11 were born in the decades after Confederation. By Wikipedia’s reach, Germaine Guèvremont leads, with 7 articles. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 17 births here before 1914. The longest life here was Léo Cadieux’s, 97 years, ending in 2005.
Antonin Nantel
François Martineau
Onésime Dorval
Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
Joseph Saint-Amour
Wilfrid Bruno Nantel
Jules-Édouard Prévost
Louvigny de Montigny
Gédéon Rochon
Georges-H. Smith
Antonia Nantel
Maréchal Nantel
Germaine Guèvremont
Pierre Daviault
Édouard Rinfret
Joseph-Octave Latour
Léo Cadieux
1800182518501875190019251950
Germaine Guèvremont1893–1968 · Canadian writer
Léo Cadieux1908–2005 · Member of the Canadian House of Commons
Pierre Daviault1899–1964 · Canadian writer and translator
Édouard Rinfret1905–1994 · Canadian politician
GN
Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel1852–1909 · Canadian politician
JP
Jules-Édouard Prévost1871–1943 · Canadian politician
Louvigny de Montigny1876–1955 · Canadian journalist and writer
Antonin Nantel1839–1929 · Canadian priest
Everyone born in Saint-Jérôme → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
All told, Saint-Jérôme has 7 historic places, one with the highest designation; Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art heads the list. Most of its dated places come from the decades after Confederation: 6 of 7. Its people of the past include Germaine Guèvremont (1893), Léo Cadieux (1908) and Pierre Daviault (1899). The census dates only 13% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 7 historic places is about usual for its size (the median is 3); and the designations ran from 1994 to 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
•
The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
•
Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
•
The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
•
Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
•
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
•
The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
•
Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
Questions about Saint-Jérôme’s history
Which places in Saint-Jérôme have the highest designation?
It is Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Jérôme?
By its record, Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme, from 1874 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Saint-Jérôme?
13% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Fed
Local
Local
